Wiesława Korzeń
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17 March 1927
Poland
Gold Cross of MeritWiesława Korzeń | |
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 Wiesława Korzeń | |
| Born | Wiesława Siedzikówna 17 March 1927 Grodno, Poland |
| Died | 29 June 2004 (aged 77) Kielce, Poland |
| Allegiance | Poland |
| Awards | Gold Cross of Merit |
Wiesława Aniela Korzeń (née Siedzik; 17 March 1927 – 29 June 2004) was a Polish accountant and teacher
Wiesława was born on 17 March 1927 in Grodno (now Belarus) in the home of her great-grandmother Helena Rzepecka, wife of Karol Rzepecki. Her grandparents Helena Tymińska née Rzepecka[1] (20 May 1885 Tashkent - 5 September 1968 Grajewo) and engineer Jan Tymiński[2][3] (1871 Boćki – 1940) married and lived in Harasimowicze, where her mother Eugenia (* 6 October 1905 - 1943) and her siblings Aleksy (26.10.1904 - 10.03.1957) and Brunon[4](the technical director of the Production Facilities of Cable Accessories A-26 in Ełk awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (15.04.1924 - 21.06.2020)) were born. In the church in Różanystok (formerly Krasnystok), Wiesława's great-grandfather Herman Tymiński (1843 – March 12, 1896, Krasnystok[5]) was an Orthodox priest.[6]
Wiesława's father, Wacław Siedzik, was a forester sent to Siberia under the Tsar for involvement in pro-Polish independence organisations in 1923. After returning from Siberia, he met and married Eugenia. The couple had three daughters: Wiesława,[7][8][9] Danuta (1928–1946), and Irena (1931–1978). Wiesława grew up with her siblings in the forester's lodge near Guszczewina. The girls attended grammar school in Narewka. Wiesława is a cousin of Paweł Hur and the economic director of PZL in Wrocław, awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Wiesław Grzebisz[10](14.04.1933-09.02.2023).
Second World War
In 1940 her father Wacław Siedzik was arrested by the NKVD and once again deported to Russia.[11] In 1941 he joined Władysław Anders' Polish Army (he died in Teheran in 1943). After their father was exiled, they moved to Narewka. Eugenia was a member of the Home Army and was killed by the Gestapo in September 1943 in the forrest near Białystok. During the Second World War, until 1943 the girls studied in the Salesian Sisters School in Różanystok near Harasimowicze.[12][13] After the death of their mother, in late 1943 or early 1944 Wiesława and Danuta joined the Home Army. As part of the underground army's training, she acquired medical skills.[12]